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When I lived in NYC in the '90's, I used to place the same order from the same pizza place often enough that the calls went like this: Me: <dials number> Them:
by sib 13y ago
When I lived in NYC in the '90's, I used to place the same order from the same pizza place often enough that the calls went like this:
Me: <dials number>
Them: <Answers phone, sees caller ID> "The usual?"
Me: "Yup, thanks"
Them: <Delivers pizza in 20 minutes>
Seems like recently startups are finally starting to get to that level of knowing the customer...
- larrys 13y agoMight be a kickstarter opportunity for a device that does the following: Gets the caller id and when person who answers hits a button prints out an order form with the customers name. Later version could actually store info about the customer in the device. The point of this device is to have as little disruption to the existing work flow as possible. Just plug it in to the incoming phone line. Probably could be prototyped using a small linux box where you get a local restaurant that you know ("you" means person who does this) to validate the idea. Small box isn't the final product or form factor only a way to see if the idea provides value.
- HeyLaughingBoy 13y agoProbably already exists. I know that there is contact management software that does similar tasks. Perhaps that's the key: scan GitHub/SourceForge (is SF still around, anyway?) for an OSS base you can build this new app on. It has to exist already. The main challenge will then be selling it to restaurants.